By Bryan Yurkan for American Banker Some banks and fintech companies are in the early

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By Shivane Shinde for the Business Standard According to a report by Nasscom, there are

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By James Vincent for the Verge China has reportedly increased its scrutiny of foreign-made consumer

By Stan Higgins for Coindesk A deputy governor of Japan’s central bank has said that central

By Nisha Gopalan for Bloomberg Business Few words fill banks with more dread these days than

By Saibal Dasgupta for Voa News China’s online finance companies, including Alibaba and Tencent, are

By Telis Demos for WSJ Venture Capital Silicon Valley once threw money at startups that

By Cat Zakrzewski for WSJ Venture Capital The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd. has taken a

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By Saheli Roy Choudhury for Yahoo news The world’s two largest smartphone makers muscled into

By Ben Steverman for Bloomberg Cash is still king, and the twenty sits on the

By Harry Tacker for Business Insider Welcome to a new week, this is what you

By Simon Lee for Financial Review In 1901 there was such a massive spat between

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By Bill Michael for CityAM, Bill Michael is global head of banking at KPMG It was another

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By Nancy Hulgrave for CNBC Ever since former Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins declared an

By Saritha Rai for Bloomberg Business A biometrics-backed ID system will make it easier for

By Dennis Mitzner for Techcrunch.com Fintech attracted the most investment for the first time in

By Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics and International Business, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New

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